Besides the three schools. I am also interested in some state universities, I have limited my choices to the following: Eastern Illinois University Central Michigan University Eastern Oregon University Governors State University Indiana University Kansas State University judson college(women's college) Ohio University University of Northern Iowa Western Illinois University, all of them seem to offer quality and affordable dl degree programs. Anyone familiar with them? your advice would be very appreciated. Some comparable state universities in canada are really expensive, like University of Waterloo,$1217.40 for half-credit course,Queens University, $794 per full course, anyone know the reason? they are supposed to be more affortable than here in USA.
One of the reasons the Canadian choices seem higher is they are giving prices that are in Canadian Dollars which are worth 50 to 75% of the value of US Dollars. As far as your choices they all look good and I have very little to add. I am sure you will get replies with detailed answers. As always if you have specific questions please let us know. ------------------ Best Regards, Dave Hayden
I am a Leatherneck (Western Illinois) Grad! Depends on how many hours you already have. The degree program is excellent, the professors where great when I called them. Keep in mind the proctors in your cost analysis. If a general BA will do, then WIU is a good way to go, especially if you already have a good amount of credit. I have referred may people to the program, and they work well with them. I reccommend it... Good Luck...
Many DL course required "proctored" exams, i.e. an independent person certifies that you took the exam, and did not cheat. There are often specific requirements on who can and can not be proctors (a common one is that they can not be related to you or work for you). There are professional procotring organizations, and they charge money to be offical proctors. Also you often have to pay non-professinal proctors for their time (religious leaders, teachers, etc.). ------------------ M. C. (Mike) Albrecht, PE
Many, if not most, schools will also allow you to use a public librarian as a proctor. The librarians at my local library do not charge for this, and I assume that this is generally the case with most public libraries.
Some schools (e.g. Athabasca, Harvard Extension) require an academic proctor. In which case, the NCTA Consortium of College Testing Centers is a useful referral service. The per-exam cost for proctoring is usually quite modest -- typically in range $10 to $40.
I wonder if a local public secondary school administrator might agree to proctor an exam without charge in the case of the schools that won't accept a librarian.
Harvard Extension will allow a secondary school teacher or administrator. Athabasca asks for an invigilator at an "accredited, post-secondary institution" but will accept a high school if there is no college accessible (maybe if you're somewhere up there in the icy Arctic wilderness).
I used a local junior college testing center to proctor my exams. WIU sent the tests to them, I went and took the test and the junior college testing center sent the exam back to WIU for grading. The personnel at the testing center were exceptional and convenient (I took the tests at lunch). The cost was about $15 per test. It worked very well! David
